My Favorite Year

A group of comedy writers working for a TV variety show in 1950s New York City is the setting for the musical "My Favorite Year," to be performed by the Rio Mesa High School Drama Club.

Ruby Hernandez plays Rookie Carroca serving Champagne in a scene from “My Favorite Year” with the Rio Mesa High School Drama Club at Pacifica High School in Oxnard.

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Steven Santiago stops by the men’s dressing room between acts as King Kaiser in a rehearsal of “My Favorite Year” with the Rio Mesa High School Drama Club. The club was preparing for opening day at Pacifica High School on Friday and a second performance Saturday.

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Zandler Chavez embodies the character Alan Swann, singing of his daughter in a rehearsal of “My Favorite Year” with the Rio Mesa High School Drama Club.

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Paige Snyder dons the Princess Veronica costume as she and Kayla Smith, both with the Rio Mesa High School Drama Club, go over notes for “My Favorite Year” in the wings of the stage at Pacifica High School in Oxnard.

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Zandler Chavez is in silhouette during a scene change for the Rio Mesa High School Drama Club’s rehearsal of “My Favorite Year.”

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Zandler Chavez (from left), Nicholas De Los Santos and Alison Thorngren rehearse at Pacifica High School in Oxnard for the Rio Mesa High School Drama Club’s production of “My Favorite Year.”